India's Dipa Karmakar performs in the women's vault final of the artistic gymnastics event during the 2014 Asian Games at the Namdong Gymnasium in Incheon on September 24, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

Dipa Karmakar is the definition of badass. The 22-year-old just became the first female gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympics, clinching a place at Rio de Janeiro's 2016 games by scoring 52.698 points at a qualifying event. She wasn't able to secure a 2016 Olympic berth last November when she competed in the World Championships, ultimately coming in fifth place. But Karmakar made it off of the reserve list and into yesterday's qualifier, where she wowed in her performance—and made history, of course.

This isn't Karmakar's first groundbreaking achievement. In 2014, she became the first Indian female gymnast to get a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. She went on to win another bronze medal at the Asian Gymnastics Championships later that year. Karmakar has also become known for her ability to complete the very challenging Produnova vault. She is one of five women to successfully land a Produnova—not to mention, she holds the highest score of all of them (15.100).

Karmakar has been doing gymnastics since she was 6, and she's faced many obstacles in the process. Not only did her flat feet limit her initial physical ability in her sport, but she's also struggled to get respect from others in her pursuit of gymnastics. "It is only after [my] international wins that people have begun to understand vault gymnastics," she told the Bangalore Mirror. "Today, people abroad respect me as much as they would a gymnast from Slovania, Japan or China. The warm reception feels good and now people are aware that Indians too can be good at artistic gymnastics."